BY VINCENT UJUMADU
THE Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, yesterday announced that 1,784,536 persons were registered in Anambra State for
the November 16, 2013 election.

The figure was presented at the INEC State
headquarters in Awka by Mr. E. Akem who came
from Abuja and the ceremony took place in the
presence of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof Chukwuemeka Onukaogu and the supervising National Commissioner, Chief Lawrence Nwuruku.

All the 23 political parties involved in the governorship election were represented by four
of their members each and were given copies of
the voter register.

According to INEC, at the completion of 2011
voter registration exercise, the Commission
released tentative total registered voters of 2,011, 746 adding that since then, the data capture process had gone a series of processes.

Altogether, there were 4608 polling units in the
state.

Details of the registration showed that 18-35 years were 52 percent, 36-50 persons of the registered voters were 25 percent, while those in
the bracket of 51-69 years were 18 percent with those above 70 years were 5 percent.
Also, the number of females that registered in
Anambra was 900, 701 which accounts for 50.5percent, while the males reduced in number
and accounted for 49.5 percent.
Ogbaru Local Government Area had the highest
number of voters with over 139,000

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof.
Chukwuemeka Onukaogu in his address
congratulated the political parties on the way
they had conducted their campaigns so far in
the state.

Nollywood actors storm Anambra for Obiano
By Charles Kumolu

NOLLYWOOD members yesterday urged
Anambra voters to vote for the candidate of All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Candidate,Dr
Willy Obiano, saying that Governor Peter Obi’s
performance had guaranteed automatic victory
for the party.

The actors, who were at the party’s gubernatorial campaign in Onitsha took turns to state why APGA must emerge victorious at the polls.

Present at the event which was held at All Saints
Anglican Cathedral feild were; Bob Manuel Udokwu, Emeka Muonagor, Tony Muonagor,Emeka Obasi,Ejike Methusela among
others.

Udokwu, who led the actors to the podium, thanked the governor for providing good governance in the state.
Similarly, Emeka Muonagor commended the
governor for involving Nollywood in his
government.
“We are proud of what Obi is doing in Anambra
that is why we are here to support APGA to
have a good successor.

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